There was a rivalry between two men

这两个人是竞争对手
who both were extraordinarily sure of themselves,

他们都很相信自己
and who thought that they were the person

他们认为自己才是
who should first save,

拯救
and then lead,the Soviet Union.

并领导苏联的人
Trotsky's role in the Red Army as a strategist

托洛茨基在红军中是一位战略家
was extremely important.

扮演极其重要的作用
But there was more than that also.

还不止这些
There was more than a small trace of anti-Semitism in Stalin.

斯大林身上则存在着反犹主义倾向
When he would refer to "Cosmopolitan enemies," and things like that.

当提及"世界性的敌人"诸如此类的事情时
Cosmopolitanism was sort of a code word for Jews,

在党内世界大同主义几乎是犹太教
for Jewish people within the party.

犹太人的代名词